The Queen of Hearts
by Collins, Wilkie
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very good in publisher's brown textured cloth with gilt title to spine, professionally rebacked with original spine laid down, g
- Seller
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Haddonfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
An important early detective/crime fiction story, which is #3 in the Queen's Quorum checklist of the most important books in the genre since 1845. One of the short stories in this collection is The Biter Bit, which "introduced comedy into the detective story - a development of first magnitude."
Also important as some commentators argue the book contained the first depiction of a female detective - and a working-class amateur detective at that.
8vo. [ii], 472pp. + 8pp. ads. Parrish 35.
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- Bookseller
- Nelson Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 328
- Title
- The Queen of Hearts
- Author
- Collins, Wilkie
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in publisher's brown textured cloth with gilt title to spine, professionally rebacked with original spine laid down, g
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1859
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- Cloth
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- Rubbing
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- Gilt
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